A few weeks after the brazen attacks on tourists in the French Quarter were caught on surveillance video, the New Orleans Police Department has learned another person was attacked that same weekend in the well-known neighborhood.

The robbery happened June 23, but was not reported to police until July 3, police said. According to NOPD, the attack happened in the 1300 block of Bourbon Street around 11:30 p.m.

Investigators said two men approached a 55-year-old man. One of the robbers hit him in the face and the other hit him in the ear, investigators said. When the victim fell to the ground, police said the attackers stole his wallet and ran off.

“People they think have money, they'll follow them around, and especially at night, if they get them this way. It's highly organized,” said Sandro Saucedo.

Saucedo, who lives in the Marigny end of Bourbon, said he's very familiar with how dangerous and how dark it can be on the street beyond the bars.

“It's a pitch-black tunnel from here down to Esplanade. No lighting, and this is where everybody always gets robbed. Either here or on one of the off streets of Bourbon,” Saucedo said.

The constant crime has stopped Belinda Wharton from walking or even driving in the French Quarter after dark.

“We Uber or Lyft everywhere we go because of that situation. We don't feel safe,” said Wharton, who lives in the Quarter.

Neither Wharton nor Saucedo know what's been the reason for the recent spike in crime in the popular neighborhood and in other parts of the city. But they agree that something must be done quickly to get a handle on it.

“Lights, maybe panic buttons in this area or something to send off alarms if somebody does get attacked,” Saucedo said.

“It's like people are amoral now. They just -- it's just easy pickings and unfortunately, we have so many tourists in town and they just don't know what's going on,” Wharton said. “You're going to start eventually see the tourism start to drop because several people have said they're not coming back. Then the word gets spread, and there goes your tourism.”

New Orleans police said it's unclear if this attack is related to the attacks of tourists that happened the same weekend. This incident is under investigation.